Chinaplas: Engel anticipates China to eventually become its biggest market
Shanghai, China — Fresh off the heels of Engel's recent announcement that it has founded a 100%-owned subsidiary in China, the company brought out its top management to talk more about this news at...
View ArticleFirm receives patent for zero-fuel solar plastic molding system
We all know the sun is a great source of heat, and it takes heat to process plastic. So what if the two could be combined to create an innovative molding process that doesn't use fossil fuels?...
View ArticleWho caused the skills gap?
All Sites We continue to hear a lot about the existence of a skills gap in manufacturing. A new survey, 2014 Manufacturing Training Trends, was recently released by Seminars for Engineers showing that...
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Chinaplas: KraussMaffei Group expands production facility in Haiyan
Shanghai, China — KraussMaffei Group brought a little bit of Germany to China with an Alps festival featuring music and German food and beverages as it officially inaugurated the second production hall...
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Chinaplas: Nissei plans expansion of China production capacity
Increased demand for its made-in-China all-electric injection molding presses has prompted Japanese machine builder Nissei Plastic Industrial (Nagano) to initiate a relocation of its Taicang plant to...
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Chinaplas: Toshiba unveils lower cost made-in-China all-electric
The depreciating Japanese Yen has close the dollar price differential of injection machines made in China by Toshiba Machine to within 15-20% of those made by the OEM in Japan. With some processors...
View ArticleChinaplas: PolyOne launches dual protection light barrier for clear packaging
Shanghai, China — There's a 'clear trend' going on in packaging and as such, PolyOne Corp. is showcasing its OnCap Light Shield additives for clear packaging at Chinaplas 2014 (N1.E41). The additives...
View ArticlePhillips-Medisize ships drug-delivery injector pen from new Suzhou, China,...
Phillips-Medisize Corp. (Hudson, WI) has commenced full-scale production of a finished injector pen at its Suzhou, China, facility. The customer for this pen is a leader in the development and...
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Chinaplas: Milliken talks China’s packaging trends; announces U.S. capacity...
Shanghai, China — Walk into any convenience store chain in China and you'll be greeted with plenty of packaged food options in all types of shapes and sizes. And while years back that concept seemed...
View ArticleSRG Global breaks ground on production facility expansion in Mexico
SRG Global's Irapuato, Mexico, facility will get a new expansion in a project that more than doubles its size. The expansion is expected to be operational in 2015, according to Dave Prater, SRG Global...
View ArticleNames in the news: Plastics Color Corp., CPT, Dynamic Conveyor and more
PCC (Plastics Color Corp.), a supplier of color concentrates, compounds, custom-functional masterbatches and other polymer technologies for the plastics industry, announced several changes to its...
View ArticleCurrier Plastics adds extrusion blow molding machines
Driven by demand for bottles and containers in sizes up to one liter for the personal care, health, and beauty aid markets, Currier Plastics (Auburn, NY) has added new Automa Electro Series extrusion...
View ArticleChinaplas: Vehicle back-up camera law good news for molders
Shanghai, China—The US National Highway Safety Transportation Agency (NHTSA) announced a new rule in March this that will require vehicles built from May 1, 2018 onward to have a back-up or reversing...
View ArticlePhillips-Medisize gets ready to change private-equity partners
Private equity firms GTCR (Chicago) and Golden Gate Capital (San Francisco) are the last two bidders standing for medical device manufacturer Phillips-Medisize Corp (Hudson, WI), a deal that could...
View ArticleSlideshow: Scenes from Chinaplas, part seven
Arburg celebrated its 10th anniversary of its subsidiary in Shanghai during Chinaplas.The dinner, which was attended by Arburg employees, customers and guests was held at the 1933 House in Shanghai,...
View ArticleSlideshow: Scenes from Chinaplas, part five
To celebrate Chinaplas, the KraussMaffei Group officially inaugurated the second production hall at its manufacturing plant in Haiyan. Around 400 of its customers and business partners attended this...
View ArticleSlideshow: Scenes from Chinaplas, part four
Arguably, one of the biggest news to surround Chinaplas happened before the show began when Engel had announced that it had founded a 100%-owned subsidiary in China. Wintec, which was developed...
View ArticleInland Label granted G7 Master Qualification
Inland Label, one of the largest privately owned label suppliers in North America, has been granted G7 Master Qualification. G7 is an international standard for calibrating printing presses and...
View ArticlePaying tribute to a woman behind a great plastics pioneer
All Sites You've heard the saying that behind every great man there's a woman. That may be true generally but it is especially true for those men who were pioneers in building the plastics industry...
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Polyurethane helps auto industry meet lightweighting goals
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), established a goal that model year 2025...
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